In a bid to harness minerals-bearing rare earths in the country’s largely unexplored offshore areas, India’s ministry of mines will frame the rules in the next three months for exploration and mining across exclusive economic zone [...]

Soon after taking charge as India’s mines minister on 6 July, Piyush Goyal has called for setting production targets for various minerals and directed senior mines ministry officials to prepare a roadmap. The fine print of the roadmap is to be submitted by 14 July [...]

If mineral production in the country grows by 30-35% per year, it will contribute an additional one percentage point to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the next two-three years from the existing share of 2-2.5%, said Piyush Goyal while taking charge as the new mines minister in New Delhi on Wednesday [...]

While taking care of the country’s cities, ministry of urban development is also trying to take care of health of its officials by setting up a gymnasium within the premises of Nirman Bhawan, where the ministry operates from […]